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B5299 crash in Cumberland on 11 October 2000 at 16:10 involving a Citroen 2CV

A bus or coach and a Citroen 2CV were involved in a crash on the B5299 in Cumberland at 16:10 on Wednesday 11 October 2000. The 47-year-old female driver of the Citroen 2CV and an 80-year-old female passenger in the Citroen 2CV were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Oct 2000
Wednesday, 16:10
Vehicles
2
Bus or coach and Citroen 2CV
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.76403, longitude -3.22777, in the CA7 postcode district. The location was in the former Allerdale district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cumberland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000030003044
Council area
Cumberland
Police force
Cumbria
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5299
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 132 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 July 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen 2CV

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    602 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen 2CV)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen 2CV)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2000030003044 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cumberland road accident statistics for 2000.